title: Developing process-support tools for patient safety: finding the balance between validity and feasibility.
abstract: The Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group, which has developed many process-support tools--three of which are reported in this issue--describes its approach to tool development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. jmarstel@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marsteller
authors.forename: Christine G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Holzmueller
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makary
authors.forename: J Bryan
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lubomski
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pronovost
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*